Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 302 › Conversation 302-011
Nixon & Eisenhower on Personal health and Presidential support
Friday, October 29, 1971 · 2:39 PM–2:41 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal telephone conversation with former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower to check on her well-being while she was staying near an Army post in San Antonio. The President expressed his support for her medical care and offered to provide a military jet to assist with her travel arrangements, though she opted to continue traveling by train. The call concluded with the President sending his regards to her medical staff and confirming plans for their next meeting.
- Mamie Eisenhower
- Personal health
- Presidential support
- Travel arrangements
- White House social protocol
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NARA Description
On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 302-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 302-11 Date: October 29, 1971 Time: 2:39 pm - 2:41 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Mamie G.D. Eisenhower. [See Conversation No. 13-29]
Also recorded on October 29, 1971
- 013-029 2:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:41 pm.
- 013-030 2:41 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:41 pm and 2:42 pm.
- 302-012 2:41 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:41 pm and 2:42 pm.
- 013-031 2:42 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 2:42 pm to 2:50 pm.
- 302-013 2:42 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:42 pm to 2:50 pm.
- 013-032 2:58 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:58 pm to 2:59 pm.
- 013-033 2:59 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:06 pm.
- 302-014 3:05 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 302-011, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/302-011 (accessed September 30, 2026).